Mechanical design carries the plant's heat: storage tanks and pressure vessels, heat exchangers, steam generators, pumps and the piping that ties them together, all designed for thermal expansion and cycling.
Pressure equipment and piping follow the applicable codes (e.g. ASME BPVC, ASME B31.1/B31.3, IBR in India).
Key facts
- Vessels
- ASME BPVC Sec. VIII · IS 2825
- Piping
- ASME B31.1 / B31.3 · IBR
- Insulation
- ISO 12241 heat-loss basis
- Analysis
- Pipe stress, thermal cycling
Mechanical12
- Thermal storage tanks
- Pressure vessels
- Pumps and compressors
- Heat exchangers
- Steam generators
- Boilers and electric heaters
- Thermal fluid heaters
- Piping and fittings
- Valves and actuators
- Expansion tanks
- Insulation and cladding
- Cooling and heat-rejection equipment
Heat transfer equipment9
- Shell-and-tube heat exchangers
- Plate heat exchangers
- Air-cooled heat exchangers
- Finned-tube exchangers
- Recuperators
- Economisers
- Condensers
- Evaporators
- Thermal fluid circulation systems
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- EquipmentStorage equipment, heaters and boilers, heat exchangers, materials and consumables, electrical and automation hardware.
- Engineering & DesignFeasibility, basic (FEED) and detailed engineering plus system integration for every type of heat storage plant.
- Testing & InspectionMechanical testing, NDT, thermal performance tests, electrical and control testing and the quality system.
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